"with getting there cheaply than comfortably or even exactly on time. Loftleiðir were not famous for speed or punctuality, but flying with the company became a sort of rite of passage for those young ""hippies"", one of whom was Bill Clinton, later US President. The first airline offering no-frills transatlantic service was Freddie Laker's Laker Airways, which operated its famous ""Skytrain"" service between London and New York City during the late 1970s. The service was suspended after Laker's competitors, British Airways and Pan Am, were able to price Skytrain out of the market. In the United States, airline carriers such"
"Two Boeing 707-138Bs were acquired from the administrators of British Eagle in 1969. Both were operated by Qantas when new. They were subsequently purchased by Kleinwort Benson, which had leased them to British Eagle until its demise in November 1968. These aircraft were earmarked for ""Skytrain"". Laker's original ""Skytrain"" application assumed a 62.9% break-even load factor. This meant that the airline needed to sell 100 out of 158 seats at a single fare of £37.50 per seat on each flight to start making money with ""Skytrain"". Sir Freddie announced ""Skytrain"" at a press conference at London's Savoy Hotel on 30"
"air for the first time on 26 September 1977 when the inaugural flight departed London Gatwick for New York JFK. This flight carried 272 passengers on one of the airline's 345-seat McDonnell Douglas DC-10 widebodied aircraft. The fares charged at the time were £59 () one-way from London and $135 one-way from New York. ""Skytrain"" was originally envisaged to achieve a 50% load factor in winter. By summer 1978, the actual load factor was 80%. After unsuccessfully trying to block Laker through government regulation, the incumbent giant lines, British Airways, Pan Am and TWA, immediately matched Laker's standby fares and"
"– New York ""Skytrain"". This aircraft was the DC-10's second prototype, which the airline had acquired direct from MDC at a knock-down price. By that time, the work force had expanded to 1,000. ""Skytrain"" was inaugurated between London Gatwick and New York JFK on 26 September 1977. It recorded a profit in excess of £2 million in its first year of operation. In early 1979, the airline ordered a further two McDonnell-Douglas DC-10 series 10 widebodies as well as five longer range McDonnell-Douglas DC-10 series 30 widebodied aircraft. Laker Airways expanded to Los Angeles (1978). The company acquired two-second-hand Boeing"
"launch the world's first daily transatlantic, low-fare scheduled service between London and New York City, charging a then incredibly low one-way fare of £32.50 in winter and £37.50 in summer. This was one third of what the major, established ""flag carriers"" were charging at the time. The proposed service was to be marketed using the ""Skytrain"" trademark and was to be initially operated with 158-seat, single-class Boeing 707-138Bs that were acquired second-hand. ""Skytrain"" was to be a ""walk-on"", ""walk-off"" operation that did not require any advance reservations. Instead, seats were to be sold to the travelling public at each end"
"L-1011 Tristar 1, a Pan Am Boeing 747-100 and an Air France Airbus A300 B2 were the other widebodies specially flown in on that day to mark this occasion.) The early 1970s saw the airline and its owner battle with aviation authorities in the UK and US to gain approval for a low-cost, ""no frills"" transatlantic service to link London and New York daily during the peak summer period from May to September and four times a week during the remainder of the year. This was to be marketed as ""Skytrain"" for £32.50 one-way in winter and £37.50 in summer."
"Airways Corporation (BOAC). The livery was a mixture of black and red with a bold ""LAKER"" logo on the tailplane. He offered a new, revolutionary concept of economic air travel requiring passengers to purchase their tickets on the day of travel as well as to buy their own food. These flights were operated by Laker Airways and marketed under the ""Skytrain"" trademark. Following the successful launch of ""Skytrain"" in 1977 he was knighted the following year in recognition of his services to the airline industry. He received an honorary degree from the University of Strathclyde in 1981. Laker divided his"
"Skybus (Aqua Avia) Skybus was an attempt to create a privately owned commercial airline in New Zealand during the 1970s, a time of state-owned public transport. It was a brainchild of the entrepreneur Matt Thomson. Matt Thompson was a businessman who had founded the successful Car Haulaways Transport Group. Frustrated by problems with the Cook Strait ferries, he then proceeded to set up Nationwide Air which utilized two ATL.98 Carvairs on freight work from the late 1970s. He also envisaged engaging in passenger transport, but at that time all New Zealand aerial transport was governed by the Air Services Licensing"
"SkyTran skyTran is a Personal Rapid Transit system concept first proposed by inventor Douglas Malewicki in 1990, and under development by Unimodal Inc. A prototype of the skyTran vehicle and a section of track have been constructed. The early magnetic levitation system, Inductrack, now abandoned by skytran, has been tested by General Atomics with a full-scale model. In 2010 UniModal Inc. signed an agreement with NASA to test and develop skyTran. A skyTran system is being built in Israel as a pilot project. It was initially projected to be completed in Tel Aviv by the end of 2015. As of"
"Industries had acquired a 12.7% stake in SkyTran. As part of the deal, Reliance would supply communication equipment and a prototype would be built in India. SkyTran skyTran is a Personal Rapid Transit system concept first proposed by inventor Douglas Malewicki in 1990, and under development by Unimodal Inc. A prototype of the skyTran vehicle and a section of track have been constructed. The early magnetic levitation system, Inductrack, now abandoned by skytran, has been tested by General Atomics with a full-scale model. In 2010 UniModal Inc. signed an agreement with NASA to test and develop skyTran. A skyTran system"
"Indianapolis Colts, Orlando Magic, and Milwaukee Brewers. On February 12, 2010, AirTran Airways celebrated Little Debbie's 50th anniversary by launching a one-of-a-kind, custom-designed Boeing 717, dubbed Little Debbie 1. , AirTran Airways website (redirects to Southwest Airlines main website) AirTran Airways AirTran Airways, most commonly stylized as ""air""Tran, was an American low-cost airline that was originally headquartered in Orlando, Florida and ceased operation following its acquisition by Southwest Airlines. AirTran Airways was established in 1993 as Conquest Sun Airlines by the management of two small airlines: Destination Sun Airways and Conquest Airlines, with Conquest Airlines co-founder Victor Rivas being heavily"
"Skycraft Scout The Skycraft Scout is an Australian designed and built single-seat, tail dragger, microlight airplane, used primarily for recreational aviation. In July 1972 a Sydney boat builder named Ronald Gilbert Wheeler made the first flight of a minimum aircraft which he'd designed and built himself, and which he put into series production soon thereafter. At the time Ron was building catamarans in Sydney's southern suburbs. Having already developed 'Tweetie', a successful hang glider, Wheeler simply modified the design of the glider to have the pilot seated instead of hanging below the wings, and of course to accommodate an engine."
"The Skytrain system was opened on 5 December 1999 by Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. It initially had lower-than-predicted ridership, with 200,000 passenger trips per day. Ticket revenue was only enough to meet the trains' operating cost, and not sufficient to service construction loans. The Skytrain's daily passenger numbers have steadily increased since then. On 9 December 2005, more than 500,000 single trips were made on the Skytrain on a single day for the first time. By September 2012, the Skytrain served around 600,000 passengers on an average day, increasing to 650,000 on an average weekday in 2013. A record 760,000"
"November 1972, the first European operator to do so. These aircraft were the first UK-registered DC-10s. In 1973, Laker Airways operated the world's first Advance Booking Charter (ABC) flight. By the mid-1970s it had become the undisputed, global ABC flight market leader. Laker Airways scored another industry first when it introduced its first daily ""Skytrain"" low-fare scheduled service between London Gatwick and New York John F. Kennedy Airport on 26 September 1977. On 15 June 1971, Laker Airways submitted an application to the UK's Air Transport Licensing Board (ATLB), one of the forerunners of today's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), to"
"Douglas Malewicki Douglas (or Doug) Malewicki is an American aerospace engineer and inventor of Polish descent. Many of his inventions concern flying vehicles, but the range is quite diverse. He is also the concept creator and inventor of Skytran PRT (Personal Rapid Transit). Douglas spent the past 25 years advancing the Skytran concept: ultra-light computer-controlled cars hanging below aluminum Maglev (magnetic levitation) tracks that could be supported above roads just by utility poles or the sides of buildings. Skytran basically combines maglev (which allows high speeds) and a hanging design (more stable; smaller tracks) with the 1960s idea of Personal"
"allowed the ultralight aircraft industry to take-off, and Wheeler went into full-time production of the Scout as a leisure craft. Here is a video link that works Sept. 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7-23gtYOQQ ALSO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwLt5f2wRe0 Skycraft Scout The Skycraft Scout is an Australian designed and built single-seat, tail dragger, microlight airplane, used primarily for recreational aviation. In July 1972 a Sydney boat builder named Ronald Gilbert Wheeler made the first flight of a minimum aircraft which he'd designed and built himself, and which he put into series production soon thereafter. At the time Ron was building catamarans in Sydney's southern suburbs. Having already"
"Callaghan's ""pro-union"" Labour Government that awarded Laker his knighthood for services to the airline industry in 1978, rather than Margaret Thatcher's subsequent ""pro-business"" Conservative administration (although the latter had recommended him for his service to private enterprise in her capacity as the then leader of the opposition). As ""Skytrain"" expanded to other British and U.S. gateways, the airline placed orders for additional McDonnell Douglas DC-10 widebodies, including the company's first order for five longer-range series-30 aircraft required for its Los Angeles flights. These were delivered from December 1979 onwards to support its growing number of destinations and frequencies. The airline"
"1980s recession and competition by the established scheduled airlines. Swiss aviation enthusiasts' magazine ""Interavia"" had reported in a 1978 issue that Laker's issued share capital was £10,000. As per the airline's 1980 balance sheet, the paid-up share capital was £504,000. These figures compared unfavourably with BCal and British Airways, whose issued share capital stood at £12 million and £100 million respectively. As long ago as June 1971, when ""Skytrain"" was first announced, it was revealed that Laker Airways had net assets of £1.68 million and tax equalisation reserves of £450,000. Although this amounted to over £2 million, it could not"
"707-351B narrowbodied long-haul aircraft from Cathay Pacific to commence non-stop operations to the US West Coast prior to receiving the first of the McDonnell-Douglas DC-10 series 30 aircraft that were on order. Following a public hearing, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) approved Laker's request to operate unrestricted ""Skytrain"" services at the beginning of July 1979. This enabled the airline to offer bookable seats, excursion fares and the carriage of cargo in addition to the original, non-bookable ""Skytrain"" fare from Gatwick to New York JFK and Los Angeles. With the arrival of the series 30 DC-10s, Intasun owner Harry Goodman recognised"
"""Skytrain"" accounted for 15% (17,501 passengers) of the overall increase while competing services of rival airlines accounted for the remaining 16.8% (20,401 passengers). The latter included IATA members British Airways, Pan Am, and TWA, which had initially opposed ""Skytrain"" but subsequently matched its low fares. (Statistics for November and December 1977, as well as for January—June 1978, had also shown that the overall monthly growth in the London—New York market was maintained at that level for the remainder of this period while ""Skytrain"" managed to grow its share of the overall monthly increase to 50% and keep up this performance"
"1971, the Boeing 727-100 in 1973 as well as the BAC One-Eleven 500 in 1975. He assumed control over the charter fleet, numbering 28 aircraft during the mid-1970s. At that time, Intasun contracted a growing share of its business to Dan-Air. Intasun, like Dan-Air at that time, was shunned by doubtful writers as 'no frills'. It was mainly competing on price with the other tour operators, notably market leader Thomson Holidays. A factor behind Air Europe's undercutting of prices while continuing to expand profitably was that it first waited for all the other operators to place their business with Dan-Air"
"Skytrain version of the Douglas DC-3 operated by Royal Nepal Airlines. Its maiden flight was in 1943 with the United States Air Force Before it was sold to Royal Nepal Airlines in 1962, it was furthermore operated by Orient Airways and Pakistan International Airlines All occupants on board died in the crash; they included the four crew members and 10 passengers including the Indian ambassador to Nepal. The official report by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal stated that the three man crew was very experienced. The flight was a scheduled international flight, that took off from Tribhuvan International Airport"
"Aerotrain (GM) The Aerotrain was a streamlined trainset introduced by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in the mid-1950s. It was originally designated ""Train-Y"" (Pullman-Standard's ""Train-X"" project was already underway), before the ""Aerotrain"" marketing name was adopted. Like all of GM's body designs of this mid-century era, this train was first brought to life in GM's Styling Section. Chuck Jordan was in charge of designing the Aerotrain as Chief Designer of Special Projects. It utilized the experimental EMD LWT12 power car (), coupled to a set of modified GM Truck & Coach Division 40-seat intercity highway bus bodies (). The cars each"
"game plans in which he drew the first image of this alien is distributed free. Douglas Malewicki Douglas (or Doug) Malewicki is an American aerospace engineer and inventor of Polish descent. Many of his inventions concern flying vehicles, but the range is quite diverse. He is also the concept creator and inventor of Skytran PRT (Personal Rapid Transit). Douglas spent the past 25 years advancing the Skytran concept: ultra-light computer-controlled cars hanging below aluminum Maglev (magnetic levitation) tracks that could be supported above roads just by utility poles or the sides of buildings. Skytran basically combines maglev (which allows high"
"rules for at least a portion of their economy-class seats. Pan Am also introduced a new low-fare alternative, ""budget,"" where a traveler could confirm a seat at the time of purchase, but only for travel within a three-day travel ""window,"" with a specific flight and date confirmed by the airline a week before departure. Laker claimed that ""Skytrain"" helped to grow passenger numbers for all airlines in the London—New York market, citing statistics comparing passenger numbers for the July—September peak season in 1977 with those of the corresponding period in 1976 as evidence. These had shown that in the days"
"before ""Skytrain"", total traffic between London and New York for the aforesaid period in 1977 was down 2% on the same period in 1976. He contrasted these figures with those comparing the October—December 1977 off-peak period with the corresponding 1976 off-peak period. The latter set of figures had shown a 30% increase, boosted by ""Skytrain"", which launched on 26 September 1977. A closer analysis comparing the figures for October 1977 compared with those of the same month in 1976 had shown an increase of 31.8% (37,902 passengers) for all airlines. A further breakdown of these figures had shown that Laker's"
"A320 family planes in 2010 and were fully withdrawn in 2013. Sky Airline Sky Airline is an airline based at Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Santiago, Chile. It is the second largest airline in the country behind rival LATAM Airlines and the first airline to operate under a low-cost model in the country. It serves international routes to Argentina, Brazil, Peru and Uruguay. It also operates charter flights in Chile and South America. Sky Airline was controlled by its founder, Jürgen Paulmann (1930–2014), a German-Chilean businessman, brother of retail billionaire Horst Paulmann. It started operations in December 2001"
"of the Skytrac and Skyrider helicopters are owned by Mr. Peter Chrobak. In 2014, Mr. Chrobak sold all of the designs and rights of production to a Chinese manufacturer Guangdong Elecpro Electric Appliance Holding Co., Ltd. (Elecpro, 伊立浦电器股份有限公司) for a total of 2.52 million Euros, and based on the technology purchased, the Chinese manufacturer not only produced the original manned version, but also developed its own RU series unmanned versions. HTM Skytrac The HTM Skytrac (originally known as the Wagner Skytrac) was a light utility helicopter developed in Germany in the 1960s and 70s. A later four-seat version was known"
"USA. Founded in 1974 by aeronautical engineer Chris Heintz, Zenair, Ltd. of Midland, Ontario, Canada began its presence in the light aircraft industry with a single aircraft design, the ZENITH CH 200. This two-seat kit aircraft was designed by Heintz during the sixties while he was chief engineer at French aircraft manufacturer Avions Pierre Robin. The ZENITH was an all-metal two-seat low-wing monoplane, designed to be simple and affordable: Simple because Heintz was an engineer and not a craftsman, and affordable because he was raising a family with five children while building the prototype. Since 1974, Heintz has designed and"
"AirTran Airways AirTran Airways, most commonly stylized as ""air""Tran, was an American low-cost airline that was originally headquartered in Orlando, Florida and ceased operation following its acquisition by Southwest Airlines. AirTran Airways was established in 1993 as Conquest Sun Airlines by the management of two small airlines: Destination Sun Airways and Conquest Airlines, with Conquest Airlines co-founder Victor Rivas being heavily involved in the establishment of Conquest Sun. The airline was purchased by the AirTran Corporation in 1994 and was renamed to AirTran Airways, the airline was later spun off under the new Airways Corporation holding company by the AirTran"
"carrier FlyDubai. Through the 1970s, as well as his role as head of Dubai Defence Force and UAE Minister of Defence, Sheikh Mohammed oversaw Dubai's energy resources and was in charge of Dubai Civil Aviation. It was in this latter role, in March 1985, that he tasked the then head of DNATA, Maurice Flanagan, with launching a new airline to be called Emirates after a dispute with Gulf Air over Dubai's 'Open Skies' policy. The launch budget of the airline was $10 million (the amount Flanagan said he needed to launch an airline) and its inaugural flight took place on"
"until the end of the period.) ""Skytrain"" became a financial success in its first year of operation, leading to further expansion over the coming years, in terms of new routes as well as additional frequencies. As a result of his clever publicity stunts to market the then brand-new London—New York ""Skytrain"" service, Freddie Laker himself became popular with the public (""the forgotten man's hero"") and was regarded as one of Margaret Thatcher's ""golden boys"" of industry (along with Sir Clive Sinclair and Sir Alan Sugar). The former Conservative Prime Minister was a self-confessed ""Freddie Laker fan"". However, it was James"
"conversion. Larry Shapiro retired from United Airlines, and died in 2001. Today, factory-built Suitcase Cycles, with complete badging and documentation, command premium prices among GA pilots and Honda collectors alike. Suitcase Cycle The Suitcase Cycle was a small step-through motorcycle modification, designed by Lawrence Shapiro, for quick breakdown and compact transport via general aviation (GA) aircraft, as well as land and sea transport. Most commonly, Honda CT90 trail bikes were converted, although several other motorbikes models were as well. An airline captain for United Airlines, Lawrence “Larry” S. Shapiro, recognized the need for small, lightweight, transportation. Using a stock Honda"